AEDP™ Education Committee

The Education Committee’s main responsibility is to assess and assist incoming course and seminar applications to ensure they meet the Institute’s rigorous standards. They also work on refining application processes to uphold these standards and promote inclusivity. Furthermore, the committee reviews applications from AEDP Supervisors who wish to teach the Essential Skills curriculum and achieve the title of Adjunct Faculty, along with applications from Adjunct Faculty aspiring to become Faculty, and from Faculty aiming to advance to Senior Faculty. Reporting to the Institute Steering Committee, their aim is to align their activities with the broader objectives of the AEDP Institute, fostering a community committed to transformative learning and development.

If you are interested contacting us please email educationcommittee@aedpinstitute.org.


Meet the Education Committee


Eden Abraham, Counsellor, Ontario CANADA

Gregory Czyszczon, Ph.D., LPC, Level 3 AEDP therapist

Goretti Faria, MSW, RCSW, CCC, Certified AEDP Therapist & Supervisor

Lynne Hartwell, Administrator 

Michael Mondoro, LCSW, Certified AEDP Therapist & Supervisor

Eileen Russell, PhD, AEDP Senior Faculty


Recent Accomplishments by the Education Committee:

Trainings Reviewed and Approved

Shame and Transformance
To be presented by: Bret Lyon, PhD, SEP and Sheila Rubin, LMFT, RDT/BCT
Date of Presentation: November 22, 2024

The Authentic Self, Emotions, and Relationships: Using Emotions and the Change Triangle to Navigate Relationships In & Out of Psychotherapy
To be presented by: Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW
Date of Presentation: To be determined

Working with Complex and Sexual Trauma: An AEDP Overview to Support and Enhance Interventions
Presented by Certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor, Judy Silvan, LCSW
Date of Presentation: July 2024

Treating Eating Disorders with AEDP™: Bringing Top-down Interventions into our Bottom-up work
A Seminar Series Presented by Martina Verba, LCSW, DSW
AEDP Certified Therapist and Supervisor
Date of Presentation: June 2024

Explore AEDP™-Informed Psilocybin Assisted Therapy, Experientially
An Institute-Supported* training
*The AEDP Institute is providing marketing support but is not sponsoring / offering this training.
Presented In-Person at Immersive Therapies in Portland, Oregon
To be presented by AEDP in Portland’s Emily Bilbao, LSCW & Deb Lee-Thornby, LMFT and by Liz Perkins, LMFT
Date of Presentation: September 2024

Faculty Applications reviewed and Approved 

From Adjunct to Faculty

Sigal Bahat, MA | April 2024 | Biography
Richard Harrison, PhD | September 2023 | Biography